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PIA02451: ASTER's First Views of San Francisco River, Brazil - Visible/near Infrared (VNIR) Image (monochrome)
This image of the San Francisco River channel, and its surrounding flood zone, in Brazil was acquired by band 3N of ASTER's Visible/Near Infrared sensor onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Terra 
 Spacecraft:  Terra
 Instrument:  ASTER 
 Product Size:  2263 x 2027 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  ERSDAC - Japan 
 Addition Date:  2000-03-11 
 Primary Data Set:  ASTER 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02451.tif (3.321 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02451.jpg (256.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image of the San Francisco River channel, and its surrounding flood zone, in Brazil was acquired by band 3N of ASTER's Visible/Near Infrared sensor. The surrounding area along the river channel in light gray to white could be covered by dense tropical rain forests. The water surface of the San Francisco River shows rather gray color as compared to small lakes and tributaries, which could indicate that the river water is contaminated by suspended material.

The size of image: 20 km x 20 km approx., ground resolution 15 m x 15 m approximately

The ASTER instrument was built in Japan for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. A joint United States/Japan Science Team is responsible for instrument design, calibration, and data validation. ASTER is flying on the Terra satellite, which is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

Image Credit:
NASA/Goddard/ERSDAC & JPL

Image Addition Date:
2000-03-11